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FAAC Gate Repair in North Hollywood: What to Know First

FAAC gate repair in North Hollywood is work we handle weekly, and most jobs are completed in a single visit. As an independent FAAC service provider, we repair the full range of FAAC swing and slide gate operators, from older 400-series hydraulic units to current 770 and S800 models, usually for $180 to $650 depending on what failed. A live person answers at (925) 693-7978, and every repair is quoted and agreed before we turn a wrench.

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If you own a FAAC operator that has stopped opening, started reversing on its own, or sounds like it is grinding metal against metal, this page tells you what is actually wrong, what it costs to fix in North Hollywood, and why the repair will hold. You will not find a sales pitch here. Just the facts, the way Victor Salinas has been laying them out for four decades.

How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Dead operator, board still lights up: the capacitor. On FAAC 400 and 402 hydraulic operators, the start capacitor fails after years of Southern California heat cycles. The board has power, the remote clicks, nothing moves. It is a $40 part and a twenty-minute fix, but plenty of companies quote a full board replacement because they do not carry the capacitor on the truck. We do. We have seen this exact failure on Saticoy Street and inside the Chandler Estates enough times to know it is the first thing to check.
• Gate drifts open after closing: hydraulic bypass valve wear. FAAC hydraulic operators hold position through internal seals and bypass valves. On 415 and 770 models that are ten years or older, those seals degrade and the gate slowly creeps open after a full close cycle. Homeowners often assume the limit switch is bad. It is not. The fix means resealing the cylinder or rebuilding the bypass valve, not replacing limit switches that are working fine. That distinction saves you a few hundred dollars, and we make it every time because we test before we replace.
• Motor runs, gate does not move: shear pin or coupling. On FAAC worm-drive operators like the C720 and S800, there is a coupling between the motor and the gearbox that is designed to fail before the gearbox does. When that coupling strips, you hear the motor spin freely and the gate stays put. Some companies misdiagnose this as a dead gearbox and quote $1,400 for a full operator. A coupling replacement runs about $120 to $200 in parts and labor here in North Hollywood. We would rather tell you the truth and keep you as a customer for the next repair.
• Intermittent operation in damp weather: photocell alignment and housing corrosion. North Hollywood is dry most of the year, but when the winter rains come through the Valley, moisture gets into older FAAC photocell housings and causes false obstruction readings. The gate will stop mid-cycle or refuse to close. Cleaning and resealing the housing plus realigning the cells usually settles it. If the housing is cracked from sun exposure, which is common on gates facing west toward the 170, we replace the cell and housing together so the problem does not return in the next storm.
• Remote works sometimes, not others: receiver antenna degradation on 455 D boards. The FAAC 455 D control board has a built-in radio receiver with a small antenna wire. Over time, that wire corrodes or gets pinched inside the enclosure, and range drops to a few feet. Sometimes the remote only works when you are standing directly in front of the gate. That is not a remote battery problem. We extend or replace the antenna, and if the receiver itself has failed, we install a plug-in external receiver rather than replacing the entire board. It costs less and works better.

Our FAAC Gate Repair Process

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   You call (925) 693-7978. A live person picks up, day or night. You tell us what the gate is doing, or not doing. We give you a straight answer about whether it sounds like a small fix or a bigger job.
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   We show up when we say we will. A uniformed, background-checked technician arrives in a stocked service truck. On a FAAC job, that truck carries FAAC-specific capacitors, couplings, limit switches, photocells, and control boards, plus the diagnostic tools to read the board before touching anything.
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   Diagnosis comes first, and it is honest. We test the operator, the board, the safety edges, and the mechanical hardware. If the problem is a $40 capacitor, that is what we tell you. Victor’s rule: do not recommend a part that does not need replacing.
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   You approve the price before work starts. We quote parts and labor up front, in writing. No open-ended hourly billing, no surprise line items when the job is done. The price we agree on is the price you pay.
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   We fix it right, test it, and clean up. The repair is completed, the gate is cycled multiple times to verify operation, safety edges and photocells are tested, and the work area is left cleaner than we found it.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If anything is not right within 90 days, we come back and make it right. No paperwork, no arguing, no exceptions.

What FAAC Gate Repair Costs in North Hollywood

FAAC repair pricing in North Hollywood depends on what failed and how old the operator is. Here is what we charge for the most common jobs:

What moves the price is parts availability and the age of the unit. Older FAAC 400-series parts are still stocked by us and by FAAC distributors, but some control boards take a few days to source. The estimate is free, and we will not start a repair until you have approved the number. Call (925) 693-7978 for an exact quote.

Why North Hollywood Homeowners Call Ironworks Gate Co. for FAAC Work

We have been turning wrenches on gates in North Hollywood since 1984, and we have seen every failure mode a FAAC operator can produce. Our technicians are trained on nine gate-automation brands, FAAC included, but also LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing. That matters when a FAAC operator shares a driveway with a different brand on a second gate, or when a customer asks whether repairing a FAAC is worth it compared to replacing it with something else. We can answer that question honestly because we service both options every week.

Every job is protected by the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written and signed. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And the technician who works on your gate is background-checked, uniformed, and guided by the same code Victor has used since the beginning: krafted right, every time, your home first, standing behind it.

Here is how Victor puts it: “A gate should open when you need it to and stay closed when you don’t. Everything else is just the work.”

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